Show Me The Vote !!

is dedicated to the proposition that all elections should be:

1) open and transparent to the public, from the casting of the first ballot to the final counting of ballots. Further, that the final tabulation of ballots be made and posted at the place they are cast.

2) that the sanctity of the voting franchise is an inviolable right and, as such, the control of elections must never be given over to private or corporate entities.

3) that voting is the Keystone upon which democracy rests, and where there is no accountability and transparency, there is no democracy.

4) that the choice of the people should determine the manner and method used to cast and count their votes.

5) that the manner of casting and counting of votes should be intelligible to the least sophisticated of voters. To that end, our common human senses of sight and hearing should be the method used to measure the outcome of elections.

6) that, in keeping with maximum transparency and intelligibility, voting should be carried out on hand counted paper ballots. Further, that those ballots be archived for their lifetime.

7) that those officials responsible for the day to day administration of electoral processes owe their first allegiance to the voters, whom they serve. As such, those officials should administer, and carry out, elections in the manner chosen by the voters.

8) that all elections should be observable by citizens and the press, from the time that the polls are first opened until the final tally is completed and posted, all while maintaining a voters right to cast a secret ballot.

9) that the citizens of any democratic government have the inherent right to determine, through observation, the fairness and accuracy of all elections.

10) and, to that end, we demand that the state of Missouri abandon the use of electronic marking or counting devices in favor of hand marked and hand counted paper ballots.

So say we all:

To that end, we voters demand of Missouri, one and all,

"Show Me The Vote !!"